News from October 5. New Orleans signed Rodney Carney. Philadelphia signed Gani Lawal and released Solomon Alabi. C.J. McCollum (Por) suffered a fractured bone in his left foot during practice. He is expected to undergo surgery. Back on July 9, Golden State signed 1st round draft pick (#30) Nemanja Nedovic to a 2 year, $2,118,480 contract with 2 more years worth $3,293,294 at the team's option. Indiana has Donald Sloan in their training camp. Preseason games OKC 95, Fenerbahce Ulker 82 at Istanbul, Turkey Kevin Durant (OKC) had 24 points and 8 rebounds. Serge Ibaka (OKC) had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 blocks. Bojan Bogdanovic (Ulk) had 19 points including 4-8 3-pointers. Bo McCalebb (Ulk) had 13 points and 4 steals. OKC shot 48.6% (36-74) FG and Ulk shot 38.2% (6-68) FG. OKC out-rebounded Ulk 52-27 including 18-10 offensive. Chi 82, Ind 76 at Ind Luol Deng (Chi) had 15 points including 4-16 FG and 8 rebounds. Derrick Rose (Chi) had 13 points. Taj Gibson (Chi) had 18 points on 9-12 FG, 12 rebounds, and 3 blocks. Paul George (Ind) had 14 points and 5 rebounds. David West (Ind) had 14 points and 3 steals. NO 116, Hou 115 at Hou Anthony Davis (NO) had 21 points. Anthony Morrow (NO) had 26 points and 5 rebounds. Austin Rivers (NO) had 21 points including 7-13 FT and 5 assists. Dwight Howard (Hou) had 19 points including 7-11 FT and 9 rebounds. James Harden (Hou) had 21 points. Omri Casspi (Hou) had 20 points on 9-10 FG. LAL 104, GS 95 at Ontario, California Nick Young (LAL) had 17 points. Jordan Farmar (LAL) had 12 points, 7 assists, and 3 steals. Xavier Henry (LAL) had 29 points on 9-15 FG and 9-11 FT and 7 rebounds. Andre Iguodala (GS) had 15 points including 6-7 FG. Klay Thompson (GS) had 26 points including 11-18 FG. [Note that I don't list dnp-injured for preseason games.] Preseason Schedule for Sunday, October 6 (All times Central) Philadelphia at Bilbao Basket 11:00 am at Bilbao, Spain NBATV Denver at LA Lakers 8:30 pm NBATV Preseason Schedule for Monday, October 7 (All times Central) Toronto at Boston 6:30 pm Atlanta at Miami 6:30 pm NBATV Memphis at Chicago 7:00 pm at St. Louis, Missouri CSKA Moscow at Minnesota 7:00 pm New Orleans at Dallas 7:30 pm Maccabi Haifa at Phoenix 9:00 pm LA Clippers at Portland 9:00 pm Sacramento at Golden State 9:30 pm NBATV -- Admin note: Hard to believe, but I've now been doing the nba-daily reports for 20 years. In the summer of 1993 I received 2 separate e-mails from people in Europe asking if I'd keep them informed with the going-ons in the NBA as information was so hard to come by then (in the days before the growth of the web). [I was net-known on the Usenet newsgroup rec.sport.basketball.pro, especially after my insane "A tab on the playoffs" reports.] I enjoy doing the nba-dailys as not only am I helping others but I'm also keeping myself informed on the going-ons with all the teams (otherwise I might just focus on my Mavs). I did this once before, so once every 10 years seems appropriate. If you'd like to send a token of appreciation for these reports, I have a Paypal account with the address of patricia@panix.com or (the old fashion way) snail mail at Patricia Bender 205 Benton Dr. #2202 Allen, TX 75013 or, if you really want to make me happy, spread the word about my puzzle program www.trianglons.com to math and logic puzzle fans! Or just continue enjoying the nba-dailys (they're still free). patricia ---- Patricia Bender pbender@eskimo.com For Trianglons puzzles: http://www.trianglons.com For NBA stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/index.html For Mavs stuff: http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/mavs.html